AK-47 through the years

December 23, 2013 |BY LEVI PULKKINEN

Take a look back at the world's most popular assault rifle

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One man's terrorist may be another's freedom fighter, but odds are good that both carried a gun derived from the AK-47 designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. The famed Russian weapons designer died Monday. Take a look back at the AK-47.

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One man's terrorist may be another's freedom fighter, but odds are good that both carried a gun derived from the AK-47 designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. The famed Russian weapons designer died Monday. Take a look back at the AK-47.